Update ) Pathophysiology
| Questions and Answers | Grade A
| 100% Correct – Chamberlain
what individual(s) could benefit from genetic testing?
- someone of childbearing age whose sibling has sickle cell disease
- a male who wonders if he fathered a child
- a newborn after two days of age
- a young adult who wants to find their biological parents
while studying for a genetics test, a student asks a peer how genes
influence the expression of genes. How should the peer respond?
used as a blueprint to assemble protein for which it codes
which type of gene is carried on the x and y chromosome
sex-linked
,which genetic condition is linked to just one gene
cystic fibrosis
a statement that correctly describes the characteristics of x-linked
recessive disorders
the son of a carrier mother has a 50% chance of not having the disease
trisomy 21 is better known as which disorder
down syndrome
genes for what disorder is coded on the y- chromosome
testis development
type a blood is dominant to type o blood. in which condition is it
possible for a man and a woman, each with type a blood, to have a child
with type o blood
both the man and the woman are AO
, a geneticist examines the variations in genomics to identify which
health related information?
- if someone will develop a condition
- which people are more susceptible to a condition
- how likely it is for a child to be born with a hereditary condition
- who will react differently to a drug
which of the following are common characteristics of down syndrome ?
- limited intellectual development
- congenital heart defects
- widely spaced big toes
- cleft lip and palate
down syndrome is an example of what type of genetic disorder?
chromosomal disorder
what woman is at biggest risk of conceiving a child with down
syndrome?
43 year old undergoing artificial insemination